CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has launched its largest fundraising campaign in at least fifty years with the creation of a new charitable foundation.
The hope is that the new Catholic Community Foundation will become a fundraising powerhouse helping Roman Catholic schools, priests, parishes and social services from food pantries to adoption.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Friday that the foundation is a departure from the decades-long practice of running all campaigns directly through the archdiocese.
The paper says the church will still control the money but will conduct fundraising like any other private charity under the system.
The foundation will have a board of directors including lay people, priests, church leaders and Archbishop Dennis Schnurr.
According to the Archdiocese, 50 percent of the money raised will go to Catholic schools and education; 20 percent to parishes; 12 percent to fostering vocations (seminarians); 10 percent to care for retired priests and 8 percent to Catholic charities and social services.
The hope is that the new Catholic Community Foundation will become a fundraising powerhouse helping Roman Catholic schools, priests, parishes and social services from food pantries to adoption.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Friday that the foundation is a departure from the decades-long practice of running all campaigns directly through the archdiocese.
The paper says the church will still control the money but will conduct fundraising like any other private charity under the system.
The foundation will have a board of directors including lay people, priests, church leaders and Archbishop Dennis Schnurr.
According to the Archdiocese, 50 percent of the money raised will go to Catholic schools and education; 20 percent to parishes; 12 percent to fostering vocations (seminarians); 10 percent to care for retired priests and 8 percent to Catholic charities and social services.